The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-13 00:00:00

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Subscription 245. yearly, or 6s. quarterly, with 2s. 6d. entrance. Tickets for each Lecture to non-Subscribers, Is. A Prospectus may be obtained at the Institution, 29, Southamp ton Buildings, Chancery-lane. ANDREW MTARLANE, Secretary. December 5, 1838. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Correspondent at Newport, Isle of Wight, seems to have mistaken our Newcastle Corn Letter for that ofthe Corn Exchange, Mark-lane. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. c~ ~~~`, S\~~. Te:1~ WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON: THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1838. Again wheat may be freely imported, paying the nominal duty of ls. The average of the last six weeks, published to-day, is 735., or Is. 6d. higher than the average of the previous six weeks. We stated last Thursday that the averages would rise so high this week or the next as to admit of the importa tion, duty free. It has happened at the earliest period. The fact was certain a week ago, and there could he no reason whatever, therefore, for the speculators, who are at present the scape-goats of the land lords, to get up the price this week one shilling. We regret, however, to state, that the rise of the average of the week is to-day no less than 2s. sd. Last Thursday it was 735. Id., to-day it is 755. 6d. Such a fact is a complete answer in our opinion to the accusation against the speculators ; and this rise of price in the face of all the foreign supplies we can get, is a most melancholy indication that the scarcity is very great. Hitherto the prices have been kept down by the great quantity of inferior and damaged wheat of our own growth, which has been brought to market, and now they are getting up by the sale of the superior foreign wheat, and of the well harvested crops grown in England. The average price of 646 quarters, sold last week at Guildford, was 82s. 4d.-- of 1,439 quarters, sold in Warwickshire, 80s. 6d.—and of 569 quarters, sold in Devonshire, 83s. 3d. In Car dif the price has risen to 85s. 7d. ; thus are prices getting up to the famine level, and the people down to a state of actual starvation. In the Times of yesterday it was stated that wages have not risen since 1835, and that it now costs ss. 3d. more per week to buy the same quantity of food as a labourer could buy with his wages in 1835. In fact, wheat is now very nearly fifty per cent. higher than it was in that year ; and the labourer now gets only Is. 6d. or 2s. a-day, as he got then. In the same Journal which contained this proof of the de terioration of the labourers' condition, there was also yesterday an account of a public meeting of Noblemen and Gentlemen at Canterbury, presided over by,the Reverend the Archdeacon of CANTERBURY, attended by many members of the Chapter, and chiefly ad dressed by the Reverend Dr. SPRY. We were at first in hopes that the object of these noblemen, gentlemen, and clergymen, was to devise means to relieve the poor, and to petition for the abolition of the Devil's laws, which would come with much grace from the Clergy of the Established Church ; but we were soon undeceived. Dr. SPRY, the Rector, we believe, of Marylebone, who is now prosecuting a suit against the Churchwardens of that parish to recover from them fees for the burial of paupers, who is, through the case of Mr. HESELTINE, a well known member of the Chapter of Canterbury, which left the whole population of its Ville of Dunkirk without a chapel or a school—Dr. SPRY took care that there should be no mistake. The object of the meeting was not to provide food for the starving people—nor even to promote the removal of the impediments which the Legislature has laid in the way of their providing food for themselves—but to educate them in connection with the National Church. In other words, the ob ject of the meeting was to drill the youth of the com munity into obedience to the dogmas and discipline of the Church, and make the next generation, if pos sible, contented with the horrible degradation and partial famine to which the noblemen, gentlemen, and clergymen are resolved to doom them by continuing the Devil's laws. Those, indeed, who know any thing of the noblemen, gentlemen, and clergy of England, whose pecuniary in terests are bound up with the preservation of these laws, are well aware that they are the immediate au thors and supporters of those laws, and that they wil never sacrifice a farthing to the demands of honesty or the principles of religion. They will, if they can, drill the people to their purposes, but they will never allow them, if they can help it, to acquire either useful knowledge or strength to use it. So clearly was this made out by Dr. SPR Y, that a great part of his speech was directed against thos e who offer education to the people without drilling them into obedience to the dogmas of the Church. In very bad taste he attacked some of those voluntary societies which, receiving not one farthing from the State, have considerately undertaken, by improving education, to do part of the neglected duties of the well-paid Establishment. The guilty conscience of this member of the Canterbury Chapter even led him to direct his animadversions against Mr. LIARDET, and the Society of which he is a member, for the remarks he some time ago made on the scandalou s manner in which the Canterbury Chapter had neglected the inhabitants of their property in the immediate neighbourhood of their own Cathedral, , and gave t h em up to be the victims of THO NI 's delusions. The Clergy are the servants not of righteousness, but of M ammon, and, like Dr. SPRY, they sneer down attempts to teach the people any knowledge but such as suits the purposes of the priesthood. Instead of demand ing the repeal of the Devil's laws, they join the land lords in dooming the people to hunger, and trade to de cay ; and the landlords, in turn, aid the clergy in drill ing the people into a belief that to follow their system is the only way to recommend themselves to the ALMIGHTY. It appears from the very graphic letter of a Corre spondent, inserted elsewhere, that the Tory Corporation of Poole is upon its last legs, if,,not already in aracule mortis. The ci-devant Town-clerk, though he stated that he had voluntarily resigned his office, had the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1838. good luck to receive from this munificent Town council a douceur, in the shape of a bond for 4,5001., payable with interest in four yearly instalments. Find ing his worthy patrons, however, not sufficiently punc tual in their payments, he has sued them on the said bond, obtained a judgment against them, and made a clean sweep of all their personals ! What is, if possible, still worse, as all that the Sheriff's officer could lay his claws upon will go but a small way to satisfy the grateful Town-clerk's claim, the real property of the Corporation must share the same fate. The lands and tithes must go. Such is the upshot of a three years' Tory Government in the re nowned borough of Poole ! The members of the Westminster Reform Society agreed last night to an address to Lord DURHAM, which will be found in another place. His Lordship's answer shall appear when it reaches us. The merchants of Liverpool, following the example of the merchants of the Metropolis, have addressed a memorial to Lords MELBOURNE and PALMERSTON, praying her MAJESTY'S Government to adopt mea sures for the pacification of the Peninsula. Such a proceeding is highly creditable to the hu manity of the mercantile community of this country ; nor are we without a hope that it will powerfully influence the future conduct of the Ca binet in reference to this important question. It is now four years since we predicted that without the direct intervention of England and France—or at least of one or other of these Powers—the civil war in Spain would continue till it had com pletely worn out the resources and the civilization of the Peninsula. The rules of civil warfare applicable to any other country in Europe must be reversed in the case of Spain. There a battle decides nothing but the momentary weakness of the party defeated. The victors never dream of following up the advantage they have gained, but, like the Arabs of the Desert, leave the enemy to recruit their strength at leisure. A quarrel is as much an inheritance in Spain as an estate, and we dare affirm that there there are thousands of those who have drawn the sword for, and against, Queen Isma ELLA 11., who would deem it as:criminal to be over-hasty in extin- guishing the right of an heir to the one as the other• Hence it is that after a war of five years' continuance, the state of the contest in Spain is precisely—as far, we mean, as regards the principle involved in it—in the same position as it was at the commencement. This was foreseen by M. TRIERS, when Minister for Foreign Affairs ; but whether the CITIZEN KING was apprehensive that the speedy triumph of the Constitutional cause in the Peninsula would lead to some fresh Republican movement at .home ; or whether he wished to profit by the crimes of the Spanish Liberals in the repression of the principles of that party in France ; or whether, actuated by more mercenary views, he deemed it the interest of France to prolong a stcuggle likely to enrich the merchants along the frontier with the gold of the Northern Powers sent as subsidies to Don CARLOS—his MA JESTY at least put a veto upon the recommendations of his Minister. It would appear, however, from the French Journals received yesterday and to day, that our Government has not been re gardless of the representation made to it by the merchants of London. According to these organs, it is positively affirmed in Paris th a t our Government has intimated to the French Cabinet, that an active intervention in Spain has become inevi - l i table ; and that, whether assisted or not, England is prepared to restore the tranquillity of the Penin sula at any sacrifice. This notification is reported to have given rise to an active correspondence between the Courts of St. James and the Tuile ries. The memorial of the merchants of Liverpool, of which we subjoin a copy, appears therefore in good time ; and will doubtless accelerate a conclusion become necessary to the welfare of Europe _ _ •' My Lords—We the undersigned merchants of Liver pool, having observed with feelings of the highest gratifica tion a memorial that has been presented to your Lordships, having for its object the pacification of Spain, so long dis tracted by a sanguinary and savage warfare, do most cordially support the prayer of that memorial, and trust that her Ma jesty's Government, co-operating with the other leading Pow ers of Europe, will use every means that their wisdom may direct, in aiding the pacification of that distracted country. " We, as well as the merchants who signed the petition from the city of London, are men of all opinions in politics, but on this subject one common feeling of humanity alone inspires us ; and that feeling we are confident will be loudly responded to not only by your Lordships, but by every humane man who has ever directed his attention to the woful scenes that have for so long a time been enacting in the Peninsula. " We have the honour to be your Lordships' most obedient, humble and devoted servants, " (Signed by the Mayor, Aldermen, and leading Merchants of Liverpool.) " To the Right Hon. Lord Melbourne and Lord Palmerston." The following paragraph is pregnant with instruc ion : Not many years ago it was the general fashion in France to turn convents into manufactories, but it appears, from the Observateur de PAisne, that manufactories are now about to be turned into convents. According to this Journal four eccle siastics have purchased the ground and buildings of an ancient spinning-mill at Chauny, and are about to convert it into a seminary, in connection with that of St. Acheul, near Amiens; while near Cambray an old and magnificent convent, which had been formed into a post-house, is about to be made the grand seminary of the diocese.—Galignani's Messenger. _ _ In fact religion has become fashionable in France, and there are often as great crowds in the Churches of Paris to hear a favourite preacher, as at the theatre to see a favourite actor. At present, as every body knows, the Church in France is in a state of great comparative poverty, toleration is general, the Priests are obliged to be diligent, and the practices of religion are reviving in the land. From the hearts of the people the sentiment never could be banished. It is as much a component part of man's mind as his • head is of his animal frame. France was only infide 1 when she had an opulent Church Establishment. When Bishops crowded at the Royal Levee—when Priests swarmed in the streets—when toleration was unrecognised—when the Clergy formed an order in the State, and were consulted by Statesmen—or when, in short, the Church of France bore a very close resemblance to the present Established Church of England, and the State was governed, as our State is, with a view to the satisfaction of the Priesthood, then those infidel writings, with which VOLTAIRE, DIDEROT, and the authors of that school inundated Europe, were circulated, and prepared for the overthrow of that unreformed politica contrivance which had been palmed on the French as religion and Government. The persecuting, hypocri tical, corrupt, and profligate Church in France was the true author of all the irreligion which prevailed among her writers and her people, and the main cause of her frightful revolution. Now, when it exists no more, the peopl e are every day becoming more orderly, obedient, and religious, Qur Church is avowedly a mere political instrument, as was the French Church, che rished b ecause it is opposed to reform. Those who pretend to lov e i t , madly make it the ban ier against progress, and place it in opposition to nature. Their success would be the sure forerunner of infidelity, irreligion,and terrible revolution, such as were caused by the sister Establish ment in France. The unanimity of o pi n i on which prevails among those most conversant with our foreign relation s , re specting policy w hi ch our Government i s called pt towards Rus sia, must b e gratify ing to those who, like ourselv es , h ave laboured for up o t to lineado of years, in the teeth of all sorts of opposition and re monstrance, to stimulate an apathetic public to the in quiry requisite to produce such a result. To fix the attention of the people of England to the solution of a question of foreign policy, if unconnected with a state of actual warfare,. or the occurrence of some such stirring incidents, is a task of no ordinary magnitude. Convinced by long experience that they have nothing to fear from the hostility of other nations, the bulk of the English people pay more regard to the proceedings of a select vestry than to the latent and avowed policy of half the Cabinets of Continental Europe ; and pro vided they can but controul the expenditure of a cor poration, hardly ever trouble their heads about the settlement of questions which at some future day it may cost them loads of treasure, and rivers of blood, to adjust successfully. The more, however, sound political intelligence becomes diffused among them, the readier will they be to perceive that it is as much their interest to attend occasionally to questions of foreign as of domestic policy ; and that an acquaintance with the political relations of England with other States, whether in the way of trade or otherwise, is not in compatible with the strictest attention to the minutest details connected with the position of parties, or the advancement of principles at home. A well-inform e d, vigilant people, daring to look:beyond the narrow con fines prescribed by faction as the theatre of its grand achievements, would soon strip diplomacy of the mystery in which an interested aristocracy has shrouded it, and by reducing it to a few plain, and easily de fined principles, would at once effectually check ag gressive ambition, before provocations ,could be given which would render an appeal to the bloody and ex pensive decision of the sword not only necessary but inevitable. Had the people of England but compre hended the past relations of Great Britain with Con tinental Europe, they never would have suffered them selves to be involved in long and expensive wars to maintain the dignity of a petty German Electorate, of which we are now happily rid ; and had they in 1815, or at anytime between that period and the last revolution in Poland, understood the relations subsisting, and those which ought to subsist, between England and Russia, we would not now have to direct their attention to the necessity of curbing the ambition of that barbarous power, even at the risk of consequences which may se riously threaten the peace of Europe. Their acquaint ance with the details of parochial assessments saves them sundry shillings ; their knowledge of, and attention to European politics, would save them many millions, exclusive of the blood of thousands of their fellow- countrymen. These observations have been suggested by the peru • sal of a host of pamphlets which have appeared on the question of the dangers which menace British India from the intrigues of Russia in Central Asia, of which the latest is entitled " Russia versus India, by an Old Indian," upon the general scope and tendency of which we wish to offer a few remarks. In the spirit of the general line of policy recommended by " An Old Indian," we entirely agree; although we look upon all that he has urged to show that a direct inva sion of our Indian empire by Russia is not now con templated by that all-grasping Power, as so much argument thrown away. An open invasion of India by a Russian force is dreaded by no per son. All that has been contended for is the bare possi bility of the succees.of intrigues designed to stimulate the Persians, the Afghans, and the various military tribes along the North Western frontier of British India to involve us in a general war, the flames of which would spread over the East ; in order that, in the confusion, Russia might imperceptibly advance her frontier ano ther thousand miles. nr so, in the direction of India. From a possibility this became probable, when we saw the agents of the CZAR stir up the Shah of PERSIA to make war upon the Governor of Herat, obviously ' with no other view than to provoke a demonstration on our part calculated at once to show our weakneSs, and to involve us in hostilities with Princes at all times jealous of our interference. This was a danger far greater than could be reasonably apprehended from a Russian invasion, however well conducted ; and it was in this light that the best-informed portion of the Eng. lish Press regarded it. As the SIIAII has raised the siege of Herat, the utter failure, for the present, of the machinations of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg in the East is, happily, no longer problematical. But while the navigation of the Black Sea is only open to Russia, the writer before us deems the position of England at once perilous and disgraceful. In this we entirely agree. Now mark the means by which he would recommend our Government to open it : Let us demand a formal renunciation of the exclusive right to the navigation of the Black Sea, given to her by Turkey in the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi. The Porte would, no doubt, in gratitude for the aid we afforded her in her late dispute with Mehemet Ali, cheerfully comply with our wish to cancel the bond by which she conceded to Russia the undivided cm. merce in that quarter. Austria and France would rejoice at an event which would enable them to trade, as of old, with the nations occupyi ng th e mounta i nous rrg i ons b etween th e Bl ac k and the Caspian Seas ; and we ourselves should resume the far from inconsiderable commercial intercourse which formerly existed between them and us, and vghich, from the insane po licy hitherto pursued towards Russia, we have suffered to cease. Russia knows her interest too well to try the ultima ratio with us. Should she, however, prefer an appeal to arms to a compliance with our just demands, let us see how we may pro ceed to enforce them, with a due regard to our national honour, In the first place, o ur navy must be immediately increased ; an addition of at least fifteen sail of the line should be made to our fleet, and, as soon as the ice begins to move, a squa. dron of men of war should be despatched to the Baltic to blockade the Russian ports. We know well that most of the income of the Russian no bility arises from the exports of tallow, turpentine, &c. &c., the produce of their estates ; and as the greater portion of thes7. articles is s en t t o t h e E ng li s h mar k et, a rupture with thi s country would produce some disaffection to Nicholas and his policy amongst the great landowners of his country. Although the Czar is a despot, he is yet a slave, and the moment he sets himself in opposition to the interests of the Boyars, his downfall is sealed. Austria, by our late happily chosen commercial treaty with her, is for ever detached from Russia; Turkey has discovered how hollow is the friendship of her rapacious neighbour; France has too many interests in common with us to give utterance to a thought adverse to our coercive policy towards Russia. Where, then, would Nicholas seek alliance in his contest with England? In Prussia? She has enough to do to look after her Rhenish frontier. In Sweden and the northern states ? All their interests are opposed to Russian domina tion ; they would rejoice in his discomfiture. The echo of the first hostile cannon that we should dis charge against Russia, would reverberate along the shores of the Vistula, with an effect similar to that produced by Cadmus's husbandry, in the old fable. The suil of Poland would teem with heroes, reanimated by the cheering hope of British co operation, in their renewed struggles, to recover from the Rus• sian spoiler their dearly-prized but lost nationality. India would be thus removed from his machinations by the necessity which we should impose on him of protecting him self at home. We should also effect a powerful; diversion in aid of the Caucasian tribes, which he has been so long vainly endeavour. ing to subdue. There is also another important circumstan ce i n reviewing the chances of a war with Russia, pregnant with a d vantage to this country. The finances of that state are n o t very flourish ing,lweaer with t fleets, a d n will England. ilfloirlmi sustainin g From her immense size, and the heterogen eous mixture of ne thenew armies, additional rmies, a ninevitable c onsequence of expen se of equipping new tribes, races, and nations, which constitutes her population, Russia is doomed, at some period pieces, through mere weakness, from a want of tenacity in its motley and ill-assorted members. A few shocks. such as she would sustain in a contest with England, would accelerate this event, so ardently to be desired by the friends of humanity in every clime. To the adoption of this course, or one still less auspi cious, Russia will drive us at last. Would it not, therefore, be better to grapple at once with evils which arc inevitable, and which become more g i g antic the more we seek to avoid them ? The funeral of Marshal Count LOB.AU, whi c h was celebrated with great pomp in Paris on Monday, su percedcs Ready every other topic of interest in the French Journals received this morning• Th e remains , of the Marshal were—as an act of special favour on the part of the KlNG—deposited in the vaults of the Hotel des Invalides, instead of reposing by the side of the ashes of Marshals NEY, MASSENA, SUCHET, LEFEVRE, GOUVION ST. CYR, DAVOUST, SERRU RIER, and KELLERMAN, in the cemetery of Pere La Chaise. But LOBAU was a marshal of Louis PHI LIPPE'S creation, which may account for the bestowing of an honour which we could scarcely conceive any Marshal of the empire desirous of having paid to his remains. Nothing was omitted to render the ceremony grand and imposing. The Dukes of ORLEANS and NENIOURS and the Prince de JOINVILLE formed part of the procession, which included 80,000 of the National Guards of Paris. The interior of the church was brilliantly lighted, and nothing neglected on the part of the clergy to inspire the minds of the vast as semblage with impressions calculated to awaken them to a sense of the transitory nature of all human dignities. Our advices from Madrid arc of the 4th inst., hut they are wholly unimportant. No progress was made in the appointment of a Cabinet. CHANCERY COURT.--(THIS _DAY.) JUDGMENT.-GREENHALGII V. THE MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued on Tuesday last, upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, dissolving an injunction granted ex parte, restraining the defendants from using certain land for the purposes of their railway, and also upon an original motion for an injunction. The Lord Chancellor, after going at considerable length into the facts of the case, which are already before the public, stated his opinion to be that the judgment below was cor rect, and that the motion for the injunction must be refused, but without costs. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORA TION OF BOSTON. The further arguments in this part-heard case, occupied the Court the whole morning. The principal question in the case was, whether the Corporation of Boston had the power to appropriate the joint funds produced by the na vigation of two rivers, in Lincolnshire, called the Wellan and the Witham, to the improvement of the latter alone. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) WIIITTAKER V. WHEATLEY : WHEATLEY V. WHITTAKER JUDGMENT. Lord LANGDALE ga t e judgment on this motion at the sitting of the Court. The motion (made yesderday) was in behalf of the plaintiff in the cross cause to restrain all further proceedings in the original cause until an an swer to the cross cause was put in. His Lordship said that was done avowedly for the purpose of preventing the plaintiff in the original bill from proceeding to compel an answer to be put into that original bill ; and it struck him when the application was madeto be one ofa very extraordinary nature, for it really amounted to this, that in a case where the plaintiff in the original bill was abroad the defendant might prevent him from having an answer, by filing a cross bill. No instance could be found in which the Court had ever ordered the proceedings in the original cause to be stayed before the plaintiff in the cross cause had put in his answer as defendant to the original bill. There was, therefore, no doubt about the practice, and nothing would be more contrary to the common principles of justice than to adopt the principle contended for in support of the present application, which was nothing more or less than this—that the defendant to the original bill, himself abstaining from performing his own duty (of putting in an answer), might, by so doing, de prive the plaintiff in the original cause of a right that be longed to him. It seemed out of all reason to suppose there was such a rule ; and as there was no case ia which any order of that sort had been made, his Lordship had no hesitation in refusing the motion with costs. having been served on the 19th June, at half-put eleven o'clock, to attend at half-past nine on the 19th June next, that time had not yet come ; but he would rest his case upon this, that Mr. Wood was called upon to produce do cuments, which were not named, in a cause which might be called on immediately. The service was clearly bad, no reasonable time having been allowed for the defendant to have prepared himself to produce all that was required of him. Mr WORDSWORTH followed on the same side, and con tended that the subpoena was not a valid one, as it was first taken out on the 14th May, and afterwards altered, first to the 11th June, and again to the 19th June. In order to make it valid, it ought to have been resealed. Mr. ERLE said it was the every day practice of attorneys to take out subpoenas without date, and to fill them up when they were wanted. The question of the reasonableness of the service he entered was one for the decision of the Jury, and not for the Court. His LORDSHIP was of opinion that it was a question for the decision of the Judge, but he had no hesitation in leaving it to the Jury. He was clearly of opinion that the subpcena, which was one to produce all the books, papers, and accounts which had ever existed be tween himself and Barber, was served too late. He was asked to take their opinion of the reasonable ness of the service, and with that intimation of his opinion it was for them to decide the question. The JURY consulted together for a few minutes, and then requested his Lordship's opinion upon the point, as they differed in opinion. Lord ABINGER . said the case was for their decision. They were to say whether one or two hours was enough to enable any person to search for books, papers, and accounts. They must take a general view of the matter, and not decide upon any one particular case. After another consultation the Jury found, as a general principle, that the time allowed was not reasonable. Lord ABINGER—I think so, and in the particular case also. Then I must direct you to find your verdict for the defendant. The Jury found accordingly. VESTRY MEETING, ST. BRIDE'S (THIS DAY.) This meeting was convened for the purpose of electirg ward officers for the ensuing year, Mr. Rich, the Church warden, was called to the Chair. Mr. WOOD wished to ask whether their late members, who were to be again proposed, had had anything to do in originating the memorial to the Government, to confer a prebendary stall on the Rev. Mr. Dale ; and whether they had signed the petition against the delivery of letters on Sundays ? He also wished to know whether they were opposed to the reform of the temporalities of the Church, as proposed by her Majesty's Government ; and whether they would support Corporation Reform Mr. OBBARD, Common Councilman, said his object in signing the petition against the delivery of letters on Sun-. days, was that the pour man might have one day of rest in the week. As fo the other question that had been put, be would refer to his past past conduct as a pledge for the future. Mr. BURN said whenever the Government proposed any measure he considered beneficial to the country he should support it. He believed that everybody wished there should be one day of recreation and rest in the week. Mr. EDKIN believed the memorial was wholly devoid of - Mr. TICIENER congratulated the meeting that Mr. Wood had failed in inducing their representatives to fall down and worship the present " wise and patriotic Government."-- (Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") - Mr. BACON regretted this episode had been introduced to the present meeting, because it had nothing to do with the object for which they had been called. He would however, observe that no act of his life had given him, greater pleasure than that which he felt from having signed;the petition. He believed it would be a great evil that the Sabbath should be desecrated by this delivery of letters, and London inundated with business on that day. A person asked whether the members of the Common Council were opposed to the present gas monopoly ? Messrs. Obbard Burn and Edkin replied it would take 10,0001. to repave the ground in case:an additional company ehould be allowed to lay down pipes, and the City of London would have to pay five per cent. on that sum ; and even Mr. Stevens, who had petitioned against the monopoly, had been the first, on reading the evidence then before the Commission of Inquiry on this subject, to sign the report. It was then put to a show of hands and carried unani mously, that Messrs. Obbard, Burn, and Edkin should be returned to the Wardmote, to serve the office of Common Councilmen for the year ensuing ; and those gentlemen re spectively returned thanks. _ A__resnlution was then paszed that the representativea of St. Bride's be instructed in the Court of Common Council to apply that a separate account might be kept by the Chamberlain of the expenditure of the Police•rate for the parish of St. Bride. 11le meeting then elected constables and inquestmen for the ensuing year, after which a general meeting will be held, to take into consideration the presentation of a child to Christ's Hospital, under the will of Win. Woodward. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) DOE DEM. DUNCAN V. EDWARDS. This was an action of ejectment, to recover possession of a house occupied by the defendant in Chancery-lane. The defence was, that the house was held under an agree ment for three years, commencing at Christmas, 1833, and that conseque n tly th e t enancy h a d not yet expired. It was also alleged that the defendant had expended upwards of 1001. upon the premises,.on the faith of the agreement. Lord DENMAN did not think there was satisfactory evi dence of the agreement, and directed the Jury to find for the plaintiff, with leave to the defendant to apply to the Court to set the verdict aside. ROGERS V. FAUCETT. This was an action upon a Bill of Exchange, for 121. 7s. 4d., and an 1.0. U. for 71. There was no defence, and the handwriting of the defendant having been proved, the Jury found a verdict for the amount claimed. WORLEY V. RIGBY. r This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 4.5/., dated 13th August, 1838, drawn and accepted by the defendant, at two months' date.—Verdict for the plaintiff. SPRIGENS V. TIIROSBY. This was an action to recover a sum of 221. 7s. 2d., for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiffs were extensive poulterers in Leadenhall-market, and the defendant, also a poulterer, was in the habit of purchasing from them for several years. In the months of June, July, and Septem ber last, the defendant purchased to the amonnt of 221. 75., and pleaded scarcity of money as an excuse for non payment. A sum of 101. had been paid into Court, and the action was to recover the balance, 121. 7s. 2d. Mr. PLATT, for the defendant, contended that there was no es idence of the delivery of the goods, and that the en tire sum due did not exceed 71., although 101. had been paid into Court. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff-121. 7s. 2d. Several causes were struck out of the list, the parties not being in attendance when called on. COURT OF EXCISE.-(THIS DAY GROSS ADULTERATION OF BEER.—Thomas Aver, land lord ,of the Marlborough Head, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, was charged on an Excise information, in which the penal ties were laid at 2001., for having adulterated his beer with salt, sugar, water, and other ingredients, not malt or hops. Mr. Msyow, the Crown Solicitor, fully proved the case by Excise officers ; and Mr. Golding Bird having examined and tasted the beer in Court, said it was so highly adul terated as not to be fit to drink. The COURT, after commenting on the disgraceful fraud on the public and the revenue, under the circumstances of the defendant mitigated the penalty to .50/. The COMMISSIONERS said they hoped the case would go forth, and not be suppressed, as was too often the case. EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY BARBER V. WOOD. This was an action brought to recover damages for a loss sustained by the plaintiff from the non-attendance of the defendants at the trial of Williamson v. Barber, pur suant to his subpcena. The :plaintiff was in business as a licensed victualler, and formerly kept the Hungerford Arms. While there he had borrowed the sum of 3001. from the defendant, who is a brewer, which money was secured by a promissory note to which Williamson and Fowler were parties. As matters appeared to be going wrong, Fowler acting upon a warrant of attorney and bill of sale, sold up the goods of . Barber, and the proceeds, 1381. 165., were paid to Wood, in part payment of the bill. Wood commenced proceedings against Fowler and Williamson, which were compromised, each paying 1181. odd, thus making the payment exceed the amount of the promissory note upwards of 601. After Barber had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, William son sued him for the 1181., but Barber then said that Williamson had overpaid the bill in his .own money, and had no right to recover more than 44/. On the day of trial Mr. Wood was in the Court inthe morning, and the plaintiff's solicitor was assured he was subpcened by the other side, and would be in attendance. The so licitor, however, was not satisfied, and as Mr. Wood was a most material witness to prove having received the 138/. from Fowler, he sent his clerk to Mr. Wood's house, w hi c h was within five minutes walk of Westminster Hall, and subpoenaed him at half-past eleven o'clock ; the cause was called on at half-past two o'clock, but Mr. Wood did not appear, and in consequence a verdict passed against the present plaintiff. Mr. BALE having opened these facts to the Jury, H i s Loitustur said in his opinion there was no case to go to the Jury. He did not think there had been a rea sonable time between the service of the subpcena and the coming on of the cause. A Juryman said it was the opinion of most of his brethren, that they would have attended upon such a service. Lord ABINGER—If such is your opinion, let the cause go on. Mr. ERLE proved the foregoing facts by several wit nesses. Mr. D. POLLOCK, with whom was Mr. Woitos woaTtr, submitted that the service of the subpoena, which was one to produce documents, was too late. H e would not take the objection, which he might have done. He would not gravely contend that the subpoena CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Dec 7, MS, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 7ss. 6d. Oats I I Barley 34s sd. Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE f:i WEFICS PRECEDING. Wheat 736. Ed. Oats I Barley 335. bd Rye ---- DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat I I Barley THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD. There were average supplies, to-day, of most kinds, at this market ; and a fair business was done. Turbot, 6s. to 21s. and 265. ; Soles, ls. to 4s. per pair ; Cod, 2s. to 10s. and 12s. Meat—Beef, 71-d. to 83-4. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bid. ; Veal, Bd. to 9/el. ; Pork, 7id. to Bi-d. per lb. Vegetables in fair supply for the season, and prices high. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies to-day much as they were esterday, and the quo .ations show no important variation. Trade tolerably good. HAY MARKETS. The farmers, expecting higher prices, keep supplies back of old Meadow Hay. The quantity of Clover at market was large ; Straw in short supply ; Hay. 80s. to 105 s. and up wards; Clover, 90s. to 115 s. and upwards; Straw 325. to 355. per load. SPIRIT MARKET. There is very little doing in this department of business, and prices of all kinds are without variation. TALLOW MARKET: " P. Y. C. to-day was 58s. od., with but little doing. DYE MARKET. Indigo continues to sell on an average at about ls. per lb. advance on last sale's prices. Logwood is high ; Jamaica is quoted at 101. to 101. 103. The stock is 846 tons only of every kind. COLONIAL MARKET. To day we have had no public sales in this Market, and by private contract there is but little passing, very little. For almost three weeks longer we expect to continue in this state. For to-morrow we have public sales of 4,000 hags Mauritius Sugar; 111 bags Bengal; 47 casks and 272 bags St. Domingo Coffe . e. About 700 bales Colonial Wool, and 2,000 bales Surat Cotton. The imports continue light. British Plantation Sugar is in very slender request, but prices are firm. The Gloucester Hotel, at Brighton, has realised a fortune in double-quick time, and the proprietor is recently deceased ; and the consequence is this favoured property is in the market. Our advertising columns to-night will enumerate a few of the manifold advantages, and Mr. Robins's appeal is likely to ensure much competition. We quote his concludin g lines :—" If th e mo tt o I f com f ort and moderate charges" be appended conspicuously, so as to welcome every guest, a fortune must be realised, and at a " railway pace." REPRESENTATION OF DEAL AND SAND wiclL—Sir James Carnac having been nominated to the Presidency of Madras, and thereby having vacated his seat as M.P. for the borough of Sandwich, Deal, and Walmer, a meeting of the electors was held on Thursday week at Deal, when Sir Rufane Donkin was introduced to them by Sir E. Troubridge, Bart., as " a fit and proper per son, and everyway qualified, to represent the Liberal bur gesses" of that very liberal borough. Sir R. Donkin has since canvassed the electors, and in his Address expresses himself fully satisfied that he shall be successful.—Canter bury Journal. MEETING OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE DELE GAIES IN EDINBURGH.—On Wednesday evening a pub lic meeting of the advocates of Universal Suffrage, &c., was held on the Calton Hill by torch-light, for the pur pose of considering the propriety of adopting a series of re solutions condemnatory of appeals to physical force, and ex pressive of " their unshrinking confidence in the efficiency of the many moral means which the people possess for the achievement of their rights," which resolutions had been framed and agreed upon at a meeting of Delegates from various Universal Suffrage Associations in Scotland, held in this city on the previous evening.—Scotsman. Men are now employed planting young trees in St. James's-park, in the room of those which had been blown down, and others decayed by age. Since the 'Whigs came into office they have had the appointment of eight English Bishops, a third of' the wh o l e number, (exclusive of the two Archbishops,) m I. —aituY, Otter, Allen, Musgrave, Butler, Stanley, Longleb an d Denison. LLOYD'S SUIPPiNG.-(THIS DAY'. DEAL, DEC. 12.—Wind S. W., moderate.—Came from the Riser, the Naiad, Hap, for Bardadoes; Finlay, for Gil.raltar; Miranda, Queleh, for St. Kitt's; land Grove, Pengelly, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 12.— Very light airs and hazy•—:-,Ar. . t t, rived the Harriet, Jupland, from Newcastle. Sailed th e Gray, for Littlehampton ; Anglicania, Burridge, for Pn° l , e ' oo RAMSGATE, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Jacobo Christin e, Amsterdam. EYaf j. ' t MARGATE, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Rose M‘Croom , from Waterford. DOVER, DEC. 12.—Arrived off, the Minerva, Stenfors,fr(gli the Mediterranean ; Princo Carl, Culb(ry, from Venic e ' ire of PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—A calm.—Arrived the Du ",.. 0 0 Cambridge, from London for Dublin; Sirius steamer, 11,4 London for Cork ; Hercules steamer, from Cork for Lon.Zo, The Eddystone was reported as being off Falmouth onl" day ; she is now (9 A.M. ) about one mile off the harbour. FALMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Variable and light winds. A „i f ed LIVERPOOL, D EC . 12.—Wind var i a bl e an d light.-- - r";ielg , the Thomas Thom, Ti zar d, f rom St. J o h n ' s , N e w Bonj'i so of Sailed the Hector, Johns on , f or B om b a y ; Courier, i' e m ilt for Valparaiso ; Henrietta, Longford, for New Orleans; Ar. Hannah, for Mobile; Adelaide, Dawson, for Savannah• ati r rived off, the Royal Oak, fr o m B a hi a ; E s k, from Perli:tc buco ; Charlotte, from Africa ; Halifax, from Halifax; dia, from St. John's, New Brunswick. t from STOCKTON, DEC. 11. —Arrived the Ringdove, St. John's, New Brunswick. f roo H LILL, DEC. 12.—Arrived, the William Reid, HaY °r ' St. Petersburgh ; Five Brothers, Craag, from Riga. v e ter s ' M PENZANCE, DEC. 12.—Arrived, the Azores packet,i`baels. from Cork. Sailed, the Mount's Bay, Hitchens, St. Ac to fp sDARTMOUTH, DEC. 12 —Arrived the Meridian, Oxf° r ":„ Cadiz. Sailed the Dortemaar, Abbema, for Dordrech t, I " of the Bulow. fro° BRISTOL, DEC. 12.—Arrived, the Cosmo, Cann in g , _ _ New York, with loss of bulwarks. ad °ll ' HARWICH, DEC. 12.—Sailed, Teasdale, Sterling , GLOUCESTER, DEC. 12.—Arrived, the Castilian ' Scott, from Denia; Osprey, Sangmaad, from Marsala.. c l 3 elt LEITH, Dec. 7.—Sailed, the William Mitchel l, M it for Hobart Town. The Montano, from Sr. Petersburg and Bordea ux ' four feet water in the hold, h as b een on her beam end s ' bound to Madeira. ,0 11 • . The Adventure, Sims, of South Shields, whin , - 1 0 1 ' shore on the Cross Sands, has been got o ff, a f t er being ° ened, and proceeded. .Rit b The John and Mary, of Sunderland, was fallen 113 , 100 6 1 ' 11th inst., off the Land's End, dismasted, and aba nu r Several boats hare proceeded with a view of towing h e Penzance. L for tti, The Parsella, Brown, sailed from Ramsgate the I i doo Glasgow, grounded on the Dyke, but was assisted off apparent damage, and has put back. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL 10/g' d k ne CITY (THIS DAY). TWELVE 0' Ck—,k, 0 Arrivals this morning—French and Ostend mail'' ship-letters from Demerara. 1 ot file The American merchants are rather disappointet‘r rkoi non arrival of the Roscius packet ship from New „°-these the 25th ult., which has been generally expected,°,es, three days past, no doubt owing to contrary winds 3,... /fief We have received the Journal of commerce of fif I her of yesterday's date. According to the above papeforeittl,e' tensive preparations are still continuing to be made gioir At Antwerp, orders have been received from the i a, it ter of War to arm the citadel, and the forts roue of the well as to organise the materials for the service ' t o # hospitals, f. inter f In the Chamber of Representatives, the Dile-,t r Public Works presented, in the name of the Min!"; the War, who is indisposed, the project of the law 61,,Ilicithe contingent of the army at 110,000 men, and 12,33 v levy of 1839. a Vol It is assured that M. Van Praet has returnertoce London, and has brought despatches of great irtiPe der for the Belgian Government. Is II" t The .ilandelesblad correspondence from Brussce:nister °i date of the 9th Dec.—" It is assured that the 1‘1" bets War will make a new demand of credit to the Chan) tile twelve millions of francs." hot it Accounts from Odessa, of the 25th Nov., state t A 4, port which was for several days past filled with vastb`; or at present entirely empty, and they are waiting for before rival of vessels with provisions to fill the magazines the frost sets in. es grey They write from Cologne, Dec. 5, that at Mara purchases have been made in corn for Belgium. ,16t111' Dutch Funds :—Two-and-a-half per Cents., 53' Five per Cents., 1001. for /OS I From Manchester they write that the demand es ti ,s con'inues very dull, and the spinners have great di-wbe ie. in obtaining an advance at all commensurate with •cj. lel creased price of cotton. In goods, too, there is rat aids business doing, though the demand continues fair, e to!crably good prices. ' Tt ,„ LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET OF ..-- WEDNES" "v „0 bw buiness done in Cotton to-day is estimated at 3,3 v chiefly American, without alteration in prices. the W e have two arrivals announced at Liverpool, fre'ether Brazils, as being off port, one from Bahia, and the bei4 from Pernambuco. We do not hear as yet of letters id received by the above vessels ; in all probability tbeieti°° bring some information respecting the reported tell at Bahia, either confirming or contradicting the inteul° al 94 THE FUNDS, , Ovo be Consols which closed yesterday, rather firm, 9,11' 0,13/„A • for the Account, are not so good this morning, and t. 4 °)‘' quoted 931?, ; Reduced 921, 93 ; Exchequer Bills a stee India Bonds 62 64 ; Bank Stock 209 i 203 - ; Indi roettodi for the opening 2621 ; Spanish Active 160 ;101,0, guese 291 30 ; Three per Cents. 191 20 ; Then. so' 771 ; Colombian 261 ; Mexican 031 ;. Dutch Irl" Half 5441. ocs' PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL ..,,,, Bank Stock 203 India Stock ........ ...• ••;:,. u"/ :s per Cent. Red. 92% % Ditto Bonds ................. ...,. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent Ditto Red. lOO% IA 1(3) , New Ditto ............... i:i51.,,,,e 1 SouthC 1d A n Sean u iSt ti eo cs .k. ............................ New 3% per Cent 3 per Cent. Annuitinss.66 64 66 of; New 5 per Cent. Bank Long A nnuitiestoexpire Ditto '''''' ...... "- bier Jan. 5, 1860 14 13-16 v,, , Ditto Small ................... , ,ii, Oct. 10, 1859. 14% 11-16 Ditto Commercial ..... •:......, '-",< Jan. 5, 186,1 'Ditto Advertisedc ... '!nt ..," vki Jan. 5, 188,1 April 5, 1880 —l Bank Stockoc foror iAkx,cootionr .:..::914 Jan. 5, 1870 — ! Consols for Account ............ / PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT 01" 0.••.,, / Austrian Bonds — i Peruvian Bonds ............. ... .. , Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account ..•"•• . Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds i) tto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account ..... .••• ' ....• , . ....," .. - Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 25 Spanish Bonds.. ................ .: 4 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account. ............ •--f. Greek Bonds —' French, 5 per cent. .... ..... Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 per cent• "" ... , ....444 Ditto Account . 3 per cent. ........✓y 4 Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cen, — Ditto Account ..... • fil,. Ditto, 6 per Cent. —' Ditto Account .............. „fog., Ditto Account Neapolitan I Ditto Account•••••"*„ oCl‘', 400' PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE cro- re -li s 4. 7 Great Western Railway Company Paid. 1,14 lii,or ligidhotir a Railway ..I%ry ea ey ri w i c h (New) Railw y Bpi . i . London and Southampton (New) Railway '2o 544 Fire Preventive Company 2. National Provincial Bank of England ..,.0 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DuLDIN. D-C,s;r cent. -..„./ 3 per Cent. Consols 91%, Grand Carnal Debs. yr- ... •'' .0, 3 % per Ceti!. Stock 919.1f 1 Ditto, 4 per cent. ••• ........ ~_• lid Ditto Reduced i Hibeinian Bank ........ .„ y. ~,-, Ditto New, 1830 34 pnr Cent. Debentures Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock — Ballast Office Debentu :. ..... Grand Canal Stock — cent ................... ii' "orPthe HALF-P-AS_ ivoch es According to the American Papers, lately rine else (if third Session of the 25th Congress was to Ornre alto e, Monday, the 3d December, and the Members vve f G°st ne lir beginning to wend their way towards the seat °have rie, ment. The Members and the Administration e 01) 1 the I' •Illle fited somewhat by the sober second thought 0- ici, and neither the latter, nor its party in Congres'osoto); likely to press the Sub-Treasury scheme on thepeerb,:ed, as it did at the last Session. The President's ia•ys ;- be doubt, will be anxiously looked for in a I."; ' it 01 should the Liverpool steamer wait to bring 't' Oil, expected during next week. at Consols have a heavy appearance, and done • ti, tll° for the Account. siS A Government broker has purchased about i 0 #., 0, sand Reduced, at 92i. ill.' per The six weeks' average in Wheat was gladeity 15' ;tie morning, the result is 735., which makes the "11,4 icare-ber quarter. This, no doubt will have the effect of gre',.t loosed tions of foreign corn into this country, and a gre's, at v of ships have already been taken up for this PurP° A ; high freights. d edt,'"i'cko Consols may be quoted at present,. 33-i ; rte ritick "-° Exchequer Bills, 64 6 ; India Bonds, 64 ; --an be 203 ; in The heaviness of the British Market ed to, jog is SUPViSs 01'0 owing.. to the great preparations which Belgium ce LW tor war, as we do not hear of any other intelligen $ e arrived to affect the Funds. e In the Foreign Market scarce any business d°,,itig.. or c; nish Active 14 1, heavy ; Portuguese, lower, 2'..,o'rnilch per Cents 19} ; Brazilian 761 77, as in the "; Vll`, Columbian °5l ; Danish 741 ;'Mexican 231' ceit' . Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541, lower ; Five Per 1001.i0C TIMER C"— Consols for the Account. P3i b o .st DOVER, DEC. 10.—A number of men an be . 0 volunteers for the Navy, have embarked o n board L wt t periment, for conveyance from hence to the N e ' . the last few days.—Kentish Gazette.